Malaysia Palm Oil Industry Outlook to 2018 – Demand for Bio Fuel to Drive Production provides a comprehensive analysis of the various aspects such as industry revenue and production of Global, Indonesia, Thailand, Columbia, Papa Guinea and Malaysia Palm Oil industry. The report discusses export and import scenario, palm oil upstream and downstream participants, exporters, importers and customers and various establishments operating in the Malaysia Bio fuel industry. The report also covers the market shares of major palm oil companies in Malaysia. The publication includes the opinions and statistics provided by several industry veterans related to palm oil consumption, SWOT, drivers, restraints, future outlook and companies positioning in the sector.

The production of palm oil has dominated the global vegetable oil market over the years, accounting for approximately ~ share in world vegetable oil production in 2012. The worldwide production of palm oil has increased from ~ million tons in 2008 to almost ~ million tons in 2012. Malaysia Palm Oil Industry which is heavily dependent on the production and yield of palm oil and its products, registered revenues of USD ~ million in 2012. Even so with the decline in prices of palm oil, the revenues decreased by 19.44% compared to 2011. The various factors which have been driving the market over the period 2008-2013 are the rising demand for oils and fats, the economic advantages of palm oil, the non-food application of palm oil. The Malaysia Palm Oil Industry registered a negative CAGR of 4.7% from USD 2,657.14 million in 2008 to USD ~ million in 2013.

The Malaysia palm oil industry comprises of eight major segments namely crude palm oil, crude palm kernel oil, palm kernel, palm kernel cake, palm olein, palm stearin, bio fuels and oleo chemicals. Production of crude palm oil increased at a CAGR of 1.62% from ~ thousand tons in 2008 to ~ thousand tons in 2013. Land holdings of oil palm plantation in Malaysia are divided amongst government, private estates, state and small holders. The highest share of landholdings was under private estates comprising of 60.3% of Malaysia’s palm oil planted area in 2008 which had increased to ~% in 2013. The land under small holders had increased from ~ hectares in 2008 to ~ hectares in 2013.

The Malaysia palm oil industry comprises of various establishments such as mills, refineries and oleo chemical plants which together undertake the palm oil extraction and processing. The number of FFB mills in Malaysia in 2008 was ~ which increased to ~ in 2013. The capacity of the refineries in 2008 was reported as 19.2 million tons which increased to ~ million tons in 2013.

In terms of competition, the Malaysia palm oil industry is a highly fragmented. The three main players of this industry in terms of market share are Felda Global Ventures, Sime Darby Berhad and Trade winds plantations. The revenues of FGV were reported as ~ MYR million in 2013. The palm oil industry in Malaysia is changing at a brisk rate. Technological advancements and mergers as well as competitive pressures from Indonesia have been significantly changing the Industry. Revenues from the palm oil industry in Malaysia are expected to expand to USD 2.1 billion in 2018, growing at a CAGR of ~% from 2013 to 2018.